The Ghorbati (also known as Mugat or Hadurgar, قرباط, Qurbat or Gurbat) are an ethnic group and originally a nomadic community in Iran,[1] Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Central Asia where they are part of the various communities termed Lyuli.[2] They are mostly situated in Iran, where others have migrated from. They trace their ancestry to Sassanid Persia.[1] Lyuli and Garachi are subgroup of Ghorbati.
In 1976–77, the Ghorbati in Afghanistan numbered 1,000 families (ca. 5,000 people).[2] Some settled in Peshawar, Pakistan, and some subgroups are connected to the Basseri and Qashqai tribes.
- ^ a b FREDRIK BARTH (1961). NOMADS OF SOUTH PERSIA. p. 91.
- ^ a b John Middleton (1995). Africa and the Middle East. G.K. Hall Company. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8161-1815-1.